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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1W_a-starting-device_Wright-Patterson-AFB-OH.html
To take off by engine power alone in Dayton's light winds, the Wright brothers had to lay out as much as 240 feet of wooden rails. If the breeze shifted, the track had to be moved and pegged down again to face the new wind direction.
But after …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1U_miss-that-tree_Wright-Patterson-AFB-OH.html
Before tackling the problems of how to fly, Orville and Wilbur had been bicycle enthusiasts. The Wrights knew that a cyclist has to learn into high-speed turns. That same tilting movement in a flying machine is called banking. Here at Huffman Prai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1R_flying-field-to-air-force-base_Wright-Patterson-AFB-OH.html
The vast base you see all around you started in 1917 as a World War I Army Signal Corps post called Wilbur Wright Field. The installation grew through the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, matching the needs of the United States for aeronautical research, d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1O_trials-in-an-old-swamp_Wright-Patterson-AFB-OH.html
We are in a large meadow of about 100 acreskirted on the west and north by trees?Also the ground is an old swamp and is filled with grassy hummocks some six inches high so that it resembles a prairie dog town. This makes tracklaying slow work. Wil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1M_the-first-airport_Wright-Patterson-AFB-OH.html
If you walk past these trees, you can visit the cradle of aviation—84 acres of ordinary pasture where Wilbur and Orville Wright taught themselves to fly.
In 1904, the Wrights knew they had to coax more from their brainchild than their 59-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10GF_war-savings-stamps_Xenia-OH.html
In recognition ofthe patriotism ofthe people ofGreene Countywho so generously purchasedWar Savings Stamps in 1918this tablet isgratefully erected by theOhio War Savings Committee
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10FR_74th-ohio-veteran-volunteer-infantry_Xenia-OH.html
Honorto theSeventy-FourthOhio VeteranVolunteer Infantry1861 - 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10FQ_greene-county-war-memorial_Xenia-OH.html
In memory ofAll War VeteransofGreene County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10FP_desert-shield-desert-storm-persian-gulf-memorial_Xenia-OH.html
Dedicated to the men and womenwho served in OperationDesert Shield - Desert Storm
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Dedicated to those men and womenof Greene County who have servedin the Persian Gulf, and to thosewho may serve in the futureWe are pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10FH_greene-county-civil-war-memorial_Xenia-OH.html
In memory of Greene County Soldiersof the War of the Rebellion1861 - 1865